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Palazzo Daniele is a “contemporary place with an ancient structure”

February 7, 2020 Calum Lindsay 0

Architect Roberto Palomba describes his firm’s approach to renovating the Palazzo Daniele hotel in Puglia, Italy, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Palazzo Daniele, which was named Hotel of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, is a nine-suite boutique hotel housed in a 158-year-old palazzo located near the

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Villa RA features huge openings that frame views of the Italian coast

January 8, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Villa RA by MORQ

Expansive openings punctuate the earth-toned facade of this home designed by architecture practice MORQ, which is on a hillside in southern Italy. Designed by MORQ to be a house that “looks”, Villa RA has a series of rectangular apertures that peer out over Calabria – a region of southern Italy distinguished by its sun-baked beaches,

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BIG reveals visuals of gateway building for Milan’s CityLife district

December 5, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Portico for CityLife in Milan by BIG

BIG has unveiled visuals of The Portico that will mark the entrance to CityLife, a district in Milan that has buildings designed by Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Arata Isozaki. Distinguished by its giant sweeping rooftop, The Portico will fill the final two plots of the residential and commercial development that is located on the site

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Marcante-Testa uses marble to merge living spaces in Teorema Milanese apartment

November 22, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Teorema Milanese apartment, designed by Marcante Testa

Veiny slabs of green and grey marble help visually tie together living spaces within this Milan apartment, which has been overhauled by design studio Marcante-Testa. Previously described as a “typical bourgeois home”, Teorema Milanese has been redesigned by Turin-based Marcante-Testa to feature a rich mix of materials and colours. The studio was keen to maintain

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Bêka & Lemoine’s latest film shows Venice’s worst flood in half a century

November 19, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Homo Urbanus by Bêka & Lemoine shows Venice flooding

Architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released footage from a film, showing the impact of flooding in Venice. The duo, known for films including Koolhaas Houselife and Moriyama-San, have released a two-minute trailer for their latest movie. It contains recent footage showing the streets of Venice under water, including the whole of Piazza San Marco.

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Prison inmates help build cracked-open Church of the Penitent Thief in Italy

October 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Church of the Penitent Thief by INOUTarchitettura, LADO architetti and LAMBER + LAMBER in Bologna, Italy

The Church of the Penitent Thief in Bologna, Italy, is housed in a gabled white volume cleaved in two by a glazed crack and was built with the help of inmates of La Dozza prison. INOUTarchitettura, LADO architetti and LAMBER + LAMBER were part of the architecture team that designed the church. Called Chiesa del

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Cc-tapis’ latest rugs are made to resemble Faye Toogood’s doodles

October 18, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Doodles rug collection by Faye Toogood, inside Cc-tapis Milan showroom

Scribbles and paint-like splotches appear on this range of rugs that designer Faye Toogood has created in collaboration with Cc-tapis, currently being presented within the brand’s new Milan showroom. The Doodles collection by Cc-tapis is comprised of six rugs, each crafted to resemble textural artworks that Faye Toogood has created over the past 18 months.

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Stefano Boeri designs elevated walkway to be built under Renzo Piano Genoa bridge

October 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Polcevera Park and The Red Circle masterplan for Genoa by Stefano Boeri Architetti with Metrogramma Milano and Inside Outside

Stefano Boeri has unveiled the design of a circular elevated walkway that will be built below Renzo Piano’s replacement for the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. Developed by his eponymous studio Stefano Boeri Architetti, working with Metrogramma and Inside Outside, the walkway forms part of the Polcevera Park and The Red Circle masterplan, which has been designed to

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Timber trusses support undulating roof of Italian convention centre

October 4, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Conference and Convention Centre by Emanuele Bressan and Andrea Botter

An undulating, multi-pitched roof covers the timber-framed Congress and Exhibition Centre in Agordo, Italy, designed by architects Emanuele Bressan and Andrea Botter. A multi-purpose hall in the centre has full-height glass curtain walls covered in grid-like geometric timber frames. The Congress and Exhibition Centre’s hall is for community events, concerts, theatre, conventions, art exhibitions and

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Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental designed to be “deeply rooted” in its Venetian setting

September 30, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental, Venice, designed by DorotheÌe Meilichzon

Marble furnishings, lagoon-coloured walls and arched doorways are among the features that Dorothée Meilichzon has incorporated in the interiors of this Venice hotel, which is meant to mirror its surroundings. Occupying a renaissance-era palace, Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental is located in Venice’s Dorsoduro neighbourhood. Set away from the city’s main tourist hubbub, the area is

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